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The United States will assist in restoring Russian agricultural and fertiliser exports to the global market, reducing the cost of maritime insurance, and expanding access to ports and payment systems to conduct such transaction,
This meeting is a logical extension of the successful consultations with the United States in Jeddah,
said Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who helped guide the technical conversations in Saudi Arabia, in a Facebook post The American side believes that calm skies, as related to the energy sector, also applies to other civilian infrastructure.”
Not included in the joint statement from the United States was a ban on attacks against civilian infrastructure, which Zelensky said would still apply The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,
the White House said in a statement following talks in Jeddah In this case, Ukraine will have full right to exercise [the] right to self-defense,
he added in a readout following talks in Riyadh We separately, just in case, provided [during the meeting in Riyadh – ed.] all our [energy] facilities. We submitted a list of facilities that, in our opinion, should not be targeted,
It is important to hold additional technical consultations as soon as possible to agree on all the details and technical aspects of the implementation, monitoring and control of the arrangements,
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who took part in the talks, wrote on social media Russia’s inability to achieve quick and decisive battlefield wins, coupled with Ukrainian strikes within Russia, continues to drive concerns that Putin might use nuclear weapons,
There is an understanding that the contacts will continue, but there is nothing concrete at the moment,
We were at it all day from morning until late at night,
Karasin was quoted by the agency as saying on Tuesday Zelenskyy confirms his inability to observe agreements and makes it impossible for outside guarantors of any potential agreements to control him,
We’re talking about technical negotiations, negotiations with immersion in details,
All parties agreed to develop measures for implementing the Presidents’ agreement to ban strikes against energy facilities of Ukraine and Russia."
The United States will continue to facilitate negotiations between both sides to achieve a peaceful resolution, in line with the agreements made in Riyadh,
We will need clear guarantees. And given the sad experience of agreements with just Kyiv, the guarantees can only be the result of an order from Washington to Zelenskiy and his team to do one thing and not the other."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said If the Russians violate this, then I have a direct question for President Trump. If they violate, here is the evidence - we ask for sanctions, we ask for weapons, etc,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters at a news conference in Kyiv Trump holds many cards. The past few weeks have shown that he is prepared to use them against Ukraine, but not to make Russia move from its maximalist demands."
Rafael Loss, a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations They [the delegations in Riyadh] sat for 12 hours and seemingly agreed upon a joint statement, which, however, was not adopted because of Ukraine's position, which is also very typical and symptomatic,
We are... for restarting in some kind of form, in a more acceptable way for everyone, the Black Sea Initiative,
Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies By continuing his daily attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure, (Ukrainian President) Zelenskiy is confirming his unwillingness to reach a deal and the impossibility of trusting any guarantees he might give to observe any possible agreements,
the Defence Ministry said in its statement